The namaz-e-janaza of Inqilab Mancha spokesperson Sharif Osman bin Hadi will be held at 2:00 pm on Saturday, December 20, at the South Plaza of the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban, said the Chief Adviser’s Press Wing on Friday night, December 19.
The government requested those wishing to attend the janaza not to carry any bags or heavy objects.
It also said that flying drones in and around the parliament complex will remain completely restricted during the funeral prayers.
Meanwhile, a decision has been taken to bury Hadi beside national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam on the Dhaka University campus, in line with the wishes of his family, said a separate Facebook post from Inqilab Mancha’s official page.
Earlier, the body of Hadi, who died at a hospital in Singapore on Thursday, December 18, arrived in Dhaka on Friday evening, December 19.
A Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight (BG-585) carrying his body landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 5:48 pm, officials said.
They said the flight had departed Singapore’s Changi International Airport at 2:03 pm (Bangladesh time).
Hadi was critically injured on December 12 when two assailants opened fire on him while traveling on a rickshaw on Box Culvert Road in Dhaka's Bijoynagar area.
He initially underwent surgery at Dhaka Medical College Hospital and was later admitted to Evercare Hospital.
For advanced treatment, he was airlifted to Singapore, where he succumbed to his injuries on the night of December 18.
Source: UNB